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Abstract Thinking

Paddy

Hello everyone, I have been trying to improve my basic maths skills recently, and, quite independently (I was never really educationally assessed for my difficulties in school, other than general tests), I have come to realise that I have problems with abstract thinking, especially in maths. When trying to do basic mental arithmetic in my head I get hopelessly lost with anything over double-digit numbers, and yet, using a Chinese abacus for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, I can work out things that I could never work out in my head. Can anyone else relate to this? I only wish that the asian forms of abacus were more widely available when I was a child, because I think I could have developed far more numeracy coping strategies at a young age than I was able to.

Thanks for any and all posts in advance.

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  • I must admit that in school I didn't voluntarily learn as much as I should, no. I was taught to read properly in a remedial class in junior school and then largely taught myself, I would say. I agree that putting the fear of God into students is a bad thing. I just wish that people in general could acquire a love of knowledge, but, everyone's different I guess. In school I despised maths because I believe I was taught it in ways that weren't easy for me to understand. I know school life has to be standardised, but everyone learns in different ways, I believe.

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  • I must admit that in school I didn't voluntarily learn as much as I should, no. I was taught to read properly in a remedial class in junior school and then largely taught myself, I would say. I agree that putting the fear of God into students is a bad thing. I just wish that people in general could acquire a love of knowledge, but, everyone's different I guess. In school I despised maths because I believe I was taught it in ways that weren't easy for me to understand. I know school life has to be standardised, but everyone learns in different ways, I believe.

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